From what I have read. Christopher Nolan, wants to do a James Bond movie. This can be seen as a two hour audition for it. There are car chases, there are chases through exotic locations, Mombassa. Tokyo, and Paris. The plot is both simple and complex. The Army developed a system to control dreams, to allow people to experience pain while they are dreaming. That technology has been corrupted, and stolen, and is now used for corporate espionage. Leo is playing Cobb. A man, who has learned how to enter and manipulate peoples dream, but is haunted in his dreams by his wife, who died. John Gordon Levit, as Leo’s partner in crime. The lovely Ellen page stars as Adriane. Cool nickname Well, Leo, and John and Ellen, are hired by a Japanese corporation, to implant an idea, into the son and heir of the Tycoon, who is their major rival. The Tycoon’s son is played by Cillian Murphy, and Michael Caine has a cameo as Leo’s father in law. So Nolan picked his favourites. Its not a ba...